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In addition to our top story today, we also have an opinion piece from a former Transportation Alternatives’ board member who argues that 15 miles per hour is plenty in bike lanes. What do you think? Email our editor by clicking here and give him whatfor.
The Mamdani administration will extend the Livingston Street busway west of its current terminal at Smith Street, freeing an existing bus lane from a morass of placard abuse.
And about half of trade waste trucks in the city have been exempted because “the design or operation of the vehicle” makes it too challenging to install the after-market safety feature. Huh?
Two decades after a major rezoning, the city should continue to emphasize pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders in Downtown Brooklyn in order to make the best possible version of the neighborhood as a residential and job center.